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BCEC Journal 2010 Fina Backupl.Indd INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR KRISHNA CONSCIOUSNESS BHAKTIVEDANTAFounder Acarya: His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada JOURNAL • Durban • Guyana BHAKTIVEDANTA • Halifax • Houston COLLEGE • Johannesburg OF EDUCATION • Mauritius • Mayapur AND CULTURE • Nairobi • Pietermaritzburg ANNUAL • Pretoria • San Diego PUBLICATION • Toronto FOR • Trinidad • Vancouver YEAR 2010 Inside: - Gradute Progression - Student’s Comments - College Pictures - Children Home Study - Couse Details New Namamrtra Program Launched CONTENTS Message from the Chairman of the Board of Examiners… Excerpts from His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupadas’ Books and Letters................... 1 Graduates 2009............................................................................. 2 Connecting BCEC Around the World ......................................................... 6 Graduates Progression............................................................ 8 Strongly With Directorate, Staff & Addresses .......................................10 Courses Offered ..........................................................................11 Srila Prabhupada by His Holiness Bhakti Caitanya Swami His Holiness Bhakti Caitanya Swami • • • Dear devotees, Please accept my best wishes. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. BOOKS: By His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada Thank you for participating so nicely in Srila Prabhupada’s Bhaktivedanta College of Education and Culture, and going Bhagavad-gita As It Is deeply into his books. Srimad-Bhagavatam (18 volumes with disciples) Sri Caitanya-caritamrta (9 volumes) The Nectar of Devotion By doing so you are connecting strongly with Srila Prabhupada, Krishna, The Supreme Personality of Godhead even though he is not physically present with us. You are Teachings of Lord Caitanya developing a relationship with him, and that will help you so much Sri Isopanisad in your progress in Krishna consciousness. Srila Bhaktivinoda The Nectar of Instruction Thakura wrote about Haridas Thakura: Easy Journey to Other Planets Krishna Consciousness: The Topmost Yoga System Perfect Questions, Perfect Answers He reasons ill who tells that Vaisnavas die When thou art living Teachings of Lord Kapila, the Son of Devahuti still in sound! The Vaisnavas die to live, and living try To spread Transcendental Teachings of Prahlada Maharaja the holy name around! Dialectic Spiritualism Teachings of Queen Kunti So, while it is natural for us to be sorrowful that Srila Prabhupada Krishna, the Reservoir of Pleasure has passed away, we can know for sure that he will never pass The Science of Self-Realization The Path of Perfection away, for he is “living still in sound.” As he himself said, “I will Search for Liberation never die. I will live forever in my books.” We need to study his Life Comes from Life words and then put them into practice in our lives, and then we The Perfection of Yoga will be able to become perfect in devotional service. Beyond Birth and Death On the Way to Krishna It is our hope that in the days and years to come, everyone will Raja-vidya: The King of Knowledge Elevation to Krishna Consciousness come to remember Srila Prabhupada in the same way that Krishna Consciousness: The Matchless Gift he remembered his spiritual master: “He lives forever by his The Narada-bhakti-sutra (with disciples) divine instructions, and the follower lives with him.” Now it is A Second Chance your opportunity. You are becoming knowledgeable about Srila The Journey to Self-Discovery Prabhupada’s teachings. Now take them into your heart in the The Laws of Nature form of acting on them and basing your life on them. Dharma: The Way of Transcendence Renunciation Through Wisdom Geetar-gan (Bengali) Hoping this meets you well. Vairagya-vidya (Bengali) Buddhi-yoga (Bengali) Your servant, Bhakti-ratna-boli (Bengali) Back To Godhead Magazines Bhakti Caitanya Swami ] Excerpts from His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupadas’ Books and Letters Ascending Process of Knowledge Understand God by Becoming A Devotee “ s long as one is within the limited jurisdiction of Afruitive activities or is involved in mental speculation, o it is very nice movement, Krishna consciousness, to he may perhaps be eligible to study or teach the theoretical “ Sunderstand yourself, first of all. Then you understand knowledge of Vedanta-sutra, but he cannot understand the what is God, and as soon as you know God, then you supreme, eternal, transcendental (completely liberated) become a fit candidate to go back to home, back to God. vibration of Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, That is stated in the Bhagavad-gita, janma karma me divyam Hare Hare/ Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare yo janati tattvatah [Bg. 4.9]. Anyone who knows Me, God Hare. One who has achieved perfection in chanting the says, anyone who knows God, in Truth, then what is the transcendental Hare Krishna vibration does not have result? The brahmana, tyaktva deham punar janma naiti, to separately learn the philosophy of Vedanta-sutra. after giving up this body, he does not enter another According to the teachings of Caitanya Mahaprabhu, the material body. Then what happens to him? Tyaktva deham bona fide spiritual master, those who do punar janma naiti mam eti [Bg. 4.9], not understand the transcendental he comes back to Me. So try to vibration as being nondifferent from understand Krishna. Your life will the Supreme and who try to become be successful. Your life will be Mayavadi philosophers or experts in successful. We are giving a great Vedanta-sutra are all fools. Studying contribution to the human society, Vedanta-sutra by one’s own efforts (the to understand God or Krishna. ascending process of knowledge) is This is Krishna consciousness another sign of foolishness. He who movement. So you can understand has attained a taste for chanting the God by becoming a devotee. That transcendental vibration, however, is not very difficult task. You can actually attains the conclusion of become devotee in two ways. Vedanta.” (TLC 18: The Conversations It is not difficult. You can study all these Vedic literatures, The Essence of All scientific Vedic literature, you can Vedic Literature understand. But, another method is open for everyone. Chant Hare “ o the Bhagavad-gita is the essence Krishna, that’s all. If you simply Sof all Vedic literatures because, chant this mantra, Hare Krishna, after all, Vedic literature means vedais ca Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, sarvair aham eva vedyah [Bg. 15.15], to Hare Hare/ Hare Rama, Hare Rama, understand Krishna, the Absolute Truth, Rama Rama, Hare Hare.” the Supreme Personality of Godhead. (Lecture Bhagavad-gita 4.1 - That is the purpose of Vedic study. So the Delhi, November 10, 1971) ] Supreme Personality Himself is giving the knowledge of the Supreme by Himself, personally. Therefore we are preaching this Bhagavad-gita as it is, Krishna consciousness. And the Study My Books Very easiest method is to chant Krishna’s name. Easiest method. It is recommended. It is not our manufacture.” Carefully (Lecture Bhagavad-gita 7.9-100- Bombay, February 24, So if you study my books very carefully, then I am 1974) ] “ Ssure you will find out the means for applying this Krishna Consciousness philosophy in all spheres of life. If You Want To Know There is no limitation. Simply it requires a little common Me, Read My Books sense practicality. The main point is that Krishna is the center of all activities, whatever is going on. Whatever “Srila Prabhupada: ‘Whatever I have wanted to say, the activity may be, if Krishna is the center, that is all I have said in my books. If I live, I will say right. The details simply require a little common sense.” something more. If you want to know me, read my books.’” (Letter to: Amarendra Dasa - Calcutta January 31, 1972)] (TKG: Srila Prabhupada’s Final Days, June 9, 1977) ] BHAKTIVEDANTA JOURNAL 2010 • 1 GRADUATES 2010 Naidoo, Tungavidiya Varsana Suraj, Jasmin Bhakti-pauganda Envadoo, Prema Manjari Devani, Vishal Foolmaun, R.P. 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